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Why Credit Piece Prices Are Rising

Major changes are taking place in the credit piece hobby (credit pieces include credit cards, charge coins, charge plates, etc.). The most important one is people are becoming aware of the hobby.  Because of this, large numbers of people realize credit pieces have value. This is a relatively new phenomenon....

Catering To Credit Card Collectors Is Big Business

The United States Mint is a government agency that shows a profit. Why? Because the Mint caters to collectors. It has extensive coin collector programs that generate hundreds of millions of dollars in profits annually. Walk into practically any United States Post Office and look around.  You'll probably see at least...

Credit Card Collecting Hobby Glossary

Many new people interested in collecting credit cards and other types of credit pieces are joining the American Credit Card Collectors’ Society. It's important everyone understands the credit card collecting hobby's terminologies. Here goes: Credit card collecting terms you need to know Affinity Card A MasterCard or Visa bank credit card sponsored...

How to Get Additional Credit Cards for Your Collection

When applying for MasterCards and Visas, many people who collect credit cards have determined that the issuers of these cards are very sensitive regarding the number of inquiries on our credit files. I'd like to  suggest a method of enlarging your collection while not increasing the number of file...

ID Numbers of Bank Card Issuers Explained

Are secrets buried in account numbers? You would certainly think so based upon how secretive Visa, MasterCard, and American Express are about what some of the numbers in your account mean. What do the digits on credit cards mean? The first four digits of a Visa indicate the issuing bank. Every...

Finding Undervalued Credit Pieces

Stories of finding credit pieces for a few dollars that are worth $50.00 or more apiece are becoming commonplace. So which dealers should a credit card collector approach to find some of these under-priced specimens? How to find undervalued credit cards for your collecting hobby Generally speaking, there are places to...

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